Peck Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109068
MRDS ID M004308
Record type Site
Current site name Peck Mine
Related records 10258935

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.31268, 34.27116 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position 5 MILES WSW OF CLEATOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Battle Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011N 001W 25 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bromyrite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.31268, 34.27116

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks Trends N20e To N30e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 E
    Dip 75 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC CHERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Edmund G. Peck
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Peck District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Peck Consolidated Silver Mining
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Isophene Nicklaus Et Al.
    First year 1970

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 117.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 161

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. 782 , P. 161

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.